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Change the World

More businesses are taking on society’s biggest problems—and making money doing so. Here’s our look at 50 companies that do well by doing good.
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The Top 10

  1. 1
    GlaxoSmithKline
  2. 2
    IDE Technologies
  3. 3
    General Electric
  4. 4
    Gilead Sciences
  5. 5
    Nestlé
  6. 6
    Nike
  7. 7
    MasterCard
  8. 8
    United Technologies
  9. 9
    Novozymes
  10. 10
    First Solar
Mapping the World Changers
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Mapping the World Changers
The 50 companies chosen for this year's Change the World list hail from 22 countries. Use our interactive map to see how the corporations doing good by way of big business are spread out across the globe.

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